Irobot Vacuum Strategies That Will Change Your Life

The iRobot Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner

Robot vacuums nab pet hair, lint, and dust from floors before they settle. They also can stay clear of stairs and other obstacles such as furniture that is tippy.

Most ilife robotic vacuum cleaner vacuums require maintenance, such as emptying (and occasionally rinsing) the bin and wiping cameras and sensors. Additionally, they must be connected to an electrical source. Many have smartphone apps to schedule, adjust settings and more.

iRobot Roomba 960

The iRobot Roomba 980, the most recent of a series of top-of-the-line shark robot vacuum and mop vacuums, is a must for any modern home. This model is extremely powerful suction and it comes with a HEPA filter that can aid anyone who is concerned about allergies. It also comes with an extremely powerful battery that can be cleaned for up to two hours before returning to its dock automatically once the bin is full.

Smart mapping is a different feature that helps it identify areas of your home that require attention, and then creates an easy path to get around them. We've seen this technology in action and it does a good job of moving around toys that are abandoned on the floor or nearest furniture legs that stick out of the ground. It also has a camera sensor that can snap the Roomba back to reality when it starts drifting away from its original location.

iRobot has also introduced a new set of rollers under the Roomba's bottom, which do not have bristles, and Nearest thus tend to resist tangles more than the previous models. They are also taller and can fit under low couches or beds. They're designed to make the model more adaptable to different flooring types.

The Roomba 980 is distinguished from other models with a high-end price tag by its new dirt detection feature, nearest which makes use of a camera in order to detect embedded dirt. This is a significant improvement over the previous model, which relied on a sensor-driven pseudorandom coverage technique to bounce around a room and clean it at least three times from different angles.

The Roomba 980 performed well in our tests on both carpets and hard floors. Its score on the low pile carpet was excellent and it also scored a excellent score on mid pile too. It did a great job collecting pet hair, but struggled with long and thick pet hair that was stuck together.

Despite these slight limitations, the Roomba 980 remains one of our most efficient robots, and it's not even close to being as expensive as some of the other top-of-the-line models in this list. It's got plenty of features that we'd expect to see in a top-of-the-line model, but it doesn't have all the fancy app-enabled functions or smart home integration you might find in other top models.

The iRobot Roomba can be set up quickly and is available for use right away. After you have removed the battery pull tab and yellow bin insert from undercarriage, all you have to connect it to its Home Base docking station or a wall socket, press its big "Clean" button and let it go to work. It will automatically return to the dock when it runs out of battery or becomes full of sand. There are also indicators on top that indicate when the bin is empty, when it is in need of recharging or when it loses its Wi-Fi.